The new iPhone OS 3.0 features just keep on rolling in. Another one Cupertino forgot to mention at the keynote has just been spotted: data detectors running in multiple apps, bringing intuitive options for text to your touchscreen!
Developers have been playing around with the iPhone OS 3.0 beta for a while now, and the latest tweak sighted is expanded data detection – the feature that recognises addresses, emails and phone numbers and changes menu options accordingly, as Mail allows in Mac OS X.
Currently, the iPhone only recognises phone numbers in text messages and e-mails, but iPhone OS 3.0 now offers expanded data detectors across applications. One iPhone OS 3.0 tester took this snapshot, showing data detectors working in Notes on iPhone, with emails and phone numbers.
So long as Apple doesn’t remove it, when iPhone OS 3.0 launches, you’ll be able to tap on details like this in any app and quickly dial the number, fire off an e-mail, or add it to your contacts, bringing iPhone OS 3.0 even closer to smartphone perfection.
Find out all the new features iPhone OS 3.0 brings in our roundup right here.
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